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would bill clinton has been without a second term? we had a balanced office and a surplus by the time he left office. that's what history honors about bill clinton. could not have done that without a second term. we do not dwell on ronald reagan's iran-contra debacle. margaret thatcher said reagan won the cold war without firing a second shot. he took those trips in his second term. this notion of a division of first and second terms is a little bit overwrought. if second terms were so bad, fdr would not have a third or a fourth. clock isalize obama's running in a second term. it can be harder to do deals in a second term. he can use executive order. host: what will george w. bush be with a second term? we have this from twitter from sea dog. guest: the bush library is opening this april. recently got a chance to tour it. a piece of steel from the second tower at 9/11. the museum brings you back to 9/11. the right wasn't thing to do, the iraq war. there were no weapons of mass destruction. history plays crazy tricks. 43 get higher mar
would bill clinton has been without a second term? we had a balanced office and a surplus by the time he left office. that's what history honors about bill clinton. could not have done that without a second term. we do not dwell on ronald reagan's iran-contra debacle. margaret thatcher said reagan won the cold war without firing a second shot. he took those trips in his second term. this notion of a division of first and second terms is a little bit overwrought. if second terms were so bad, fdr...
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just a point about the clinton budget, i know the difference about this debt crisis and when bill clinton was in office our economy was not as fragile. guest: we have had external shocks with the situation in europe and japan. we're still recovering from a financial crisis. the unemployment is still very high. that does make a lot harder to focus on austerity and reducing the deficit when you have so many people out of work. they cannot pay their taxes, they are holding back the full recovery. host: press secretary j conti credit for a charge the said a percentage of the gdp, the debt is lower than it was when barack obama first took office. what was he referring to? guest: it was the debt or deficit, possibly. yearbly the year to deficit. in 2010 the deficit was 1.4 trillion dollars. that is the gap between government spending. this year we are expecting $860 billion. 546% of gdp. or 6% of gdp. the spending reductions that both parties have been active since 2011 -- the line host: our last call comes from nebraska, good morning. good morning. i am listening to all of these people calling
just a point about the clinton budget, i know the difference about this debt crisis and when bill clinton was in office our economy was not as fragile. guest: we have had external shocks with the situation in europe and japan. we're still recovering from a financial crisis. the unemployment is still very high. that does make a lot harder to focus on austerity and reducing the deficit when you have so many people out of work. they cannot pay their taxes, they are holding back the full recovery....
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it happened to ronald reagan, it happened to bill clinton, george bush. and that is, obama fatigues. three years from now, people will be writing columns about obama fatigue, just as they did about clinton fatigue and push fatigue and reagan fatigue. -- bush fatigue and reagan fatigue. franklin roosevelt only gave 30 fireside chats in 12 years. he understood instinctively the dangers of overexposure. he also controlled the media to an extent that modern presidents could not hope to. host: looking back, fdr broke the unwritten kircode of serving more than two terms. in today's modern age, could we have more than did of terms for an president? -- two terms for any president? you worked for ronald reagan. if his health was of course, would he have run for a third term? guest: i doubt it. he talked about it after he left office. he was going to campaign for appeal of that amendment. the thought the american people should be able to vote for anyone wanted to vote for. it is very difficult to imagine after eight years of office -- we've used up our presidents.
it happened to ronald reagan, it happened to bill clinton, george bush. and that is, obama fatigues. three years from now, people will be writing columns about obama fatigue, just as they did about clinton fatigue and push fatigue and reagan fatigue. -- bush fatigue and reagan fatigue. franklin roosevelt only gave 30 fireside chats in 12 years. he understood instinctively the dangers of overexposure. he also controlled the media to an extent that modern presidents could not hope to. host:...
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this is bill clinton after all. there has not been a porter that he does not enjoy talking to. -- a reporter that he does not enjoy talking to. they said, you can come. this was an example of getting more than i needed. we showed up friday morning and not expecting to see that. we had it in the back of our minds, that he may show. host: the speech has been posted on our web site. it is available in its entirety at c-span.org. something to ask about on the front page of your newspaper, a preview of the president's state of the union on tuesday. on that front, what will we hear it -- what will we hear from president obama? guest: the president will in a sense, up from where he left off in his inaugural address, not just focusing so much on the social issues that he discussed at great length and with great explicitness, could take that on the economics front, concerning job creation, about selling the issue of sequestration, realizing that that still remains a chief concern. he talked about that on thursday when he spo
this is bill clinton after all. there has not been a porter that he does not enjoy talking to. -- a reporter that he does not enjoy talking to. they said, you can come. this was an example of getting more than i needed. we showed up friday morning and not expecting to see that. we had it in the back of our minds, that he may show. host: the speech has been posted on our web site. it is available in its entirety at c-span.org. something to ask about on the front page of your newspaper, a preview...
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host: here is what bill clinton had to say. [video clip] >> i veto the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to fight for the right kind of balance budget. remember, the republicans are following a very explicit strategy, announced last april by speaker gingrich. to use the threat of government shutdown to force america to accept their cuts in medicare and medicaid, to accept their cuts in education and technology and the environment. yesterday they certainly legislation that said we will only keep the government going, and we will only let it pay for this if and only if we accept their cuts in medicare, their cuts in education, their cuts in the environ
host: here is what bill clinton had to say. [video clip] >> i veto the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to...
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bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have been slow to acknowledge. we are having a slow recovery because government employment is typically a significant component of an economic recovery. and a lot of conservatives argue the government does not create jobs but in fact it does create jobs and helps create recoveries. it is more true for state governments. the first recovery we have had in about half a century according to a princeton economist where we have not seen the growth in government employment. the sequester has also been damaging to the recovery. it is true we need to generate some spending and the government needs to play a role in
bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have...
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i wrote a note to bill clinton. i said, now you have had a summit on economics can you please have a summit on race? events overtook him. we had raised the conciliation right here on c-span, peter. you covered it. it was in 2008 before the president was elected and you covered it. we asked the wise to leave their shame at the door and the blacks to leave their blame. could we come together and talk? african-americans talk about race all the time. whites, what i am seen, about race all the time. whites talk about race all the time. host: before this segment, we talked in a production meeting about dividing our normal lines by race. we decided not to. i would -- guest: why? i would have loved to that. we rarely hear what people talk about race. my husband is one of the few tim burns. i would like to sit back and let white people talk about how they feel about it, why they are afraid of black man, why do they find the masculinity of our man menacing. i'd like to know about that. i would like comice -- i would like poli
i wrote a note to bill clinton. i said, now you have had a summit on economics can you please have a summit on race? events overtook him. we had raised the conciliation right here on c-span, peter. you covered it. it was in 2008 before the president was elected and you covered it. we asked the wise to leave their shame at the door and the blacks to leave their blame. could we come together and talk? african-americans talk about race all the time. whites, what i am seen, about race all the time....
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bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent philosophical strain? i am trying to sort that out. i don't want to suggest that every republican who has spoken out against syria is just motivated by partisan animus. you look at somebody like justin nosh in the house and i have problem concluding that the guy is 100% sincere. he is coming at this from an ideological, philosophical standpoint. this is not somebody who will be adjusting his principles depending on which party is in the white house. there is plenty of that on the republican side. my question -- i have not seen a satisfying answer to this -- how much of that -- how many of the
bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent...
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i guess the flavor of the day is bill clinton, regardless of what his motivation. i am sure it is to distance his wife from the obama administration, which he has already done by resigning as secretary of state. because of benghazi, and let's be honest here, things got pretty tough when she was supposed to testify. she waited five months and then she said -- what does it matter at this point? well, she made it at that point from september 11 until january when she doesn't fight. but anyway, bill clinton is telling the truth for once and he is holding obama speak to the fire. people are saying this is good for us -- how can we hate it? i never had a majority of people, even before this thing was passed that was in favor of doing this. people forget about that. if the president made any mistake in saying if you like your health care, you can keep it, period. if you like your doctor, you can keep him, period, which is a lie. if you fix it now and take bill clinton's advice since he made a commitment, even if the matrix -- even if it means changing the law, then he mea
i guess the flavor of the day is bill clinton, regardless of what his motivation. i am sure it is to distance his wife from the obama administration, which he has already done by resigning as secretary of state. because of benghazi, and let's be honest here, things got pretty tough when she was supposed to testify. she waited five months and then she said -- what does it matter at this point? well, she made it at that point from september 11 until january when she doesn't fight. but anyway,...
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bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan and clinton, just a generation ago who had more mixed records in their second terms. historians are now more generous integrating their overall performance. then you look at their successors, one republican, one democrat do and it seems to be focusinger -- and the screen much narrower and less generous. host: we're speaking with richard norton smith, author of several books. you can read this story on cnn, calling, -- call in, our phone lines are open. several folks waiting to talk to you about this subject. brandon from las vegas,
bill clinton is a very good example. people zero in on the impeachment efforts, on the other hand they overlook the in athat he turned balanced budget, welfare reform, and significant process on kosovo. sure, hadgan, to be to deal with iran contra, but in his second term he achieved tax reform, immigration reform, and most important of all, the inf treaty doing away with an entire doingof nuclear weapons, -- paving the way for the end of the cold war. was interesting to me is to look at reagan...
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the foreword was written by bill clinton. danny, tulsa, oklahoma. democrats only. caller: i notice the taxes were extremely high. i have done some research. the city of detroit was controlled by democrats. they went bankrupt. i am a democrat. i support the unions and i supported obama. this is really sad that you pass a bill and do not read it. the insurance for my friends, my family and people i am associated with, it is just not there. i noticed the younger people are pretty much less responsible than my generation when i was younger. i was born in 1953. they are not going to sign up. this is going to chaos. host: i think we got your point. guest: that is exactly why we need the individual mandate. it is just like auto insurance. if you drive a car, it in most states you have to have auto insurance. we have a mandate that says everybody has to have health insurance or you face a fine. fairly shortly. if you do not have health you have by march 31, to pay a fine. that will encourage the young buyle, healthy people to health insurance. i think what we have to do is
the foreword was written by bill clinton. danny, tulsa, oklahoma. democrats only. caller: i notice the taxes were extremely high. i have done some research. the city of detroit was controlled by democrats. they went bankrupt. i am a democrat. i support the unions and i supported obama. this is really sad that you pass a bill and do not read it. the insurance for my friends, my family and people i am associated with, it is just not there. i noticed the younger people are pretty much less...
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clinton. >> bill chase and how the clinton's relationship benefit in the political ambitions. that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. that continues squadder days of nonfiction authors on booktv. -- four days of nonfiction authors on booktv. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with george zornick. what you think of this deal was reached in the senate last night? caller: is a crazy time we live in. what happened last night is absent of meaning without the or thent's signature house. you had the sequester go into effect, which would raise $1.20 trillion in revenue or save as much to budget savings. what congress is doing now, what the senate did last night, is basically undo quite a bit of that deficit reduction. the will and do quite a bit of the tax cuts, but will put up the sequester, so while there are playing these deficit gains and and doing a lot of the work, it is happening in the context of what is a real jobs crisis in this country. they are paying -- aire playing these deficit kings back and forth, while the real crisis is unemployment. host: not -- a bad deal?
clinton. >> bill chase and how the clinton's relationship benefit in the political ambitions. that is tonight at 10:00 eastern. that continues squadder days of nonfiction authors on booktv. -- four days of nonfiction authors on booktv. "washington journal" continues. host: we're back with george zornick. what you think of this deal was reached in the senate last night? caller: is a crazy time we live in. what happened last night is absent of meaning without the or thent's...
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he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host: good morning denise caller: caller:. killedthere were people and murdered. americans in the benghazi attack. no one has ever come to question about that. if we had pushed as hard and getting information about fast andand the furious, we would have answers right now. but now, we push hard on this health care debacle, but there are still unanswered questions. people were killed, americans are murdered and we do not have that.swers about and getting really angry with these people who keep standing up and saying he's a great president because he's black heard there were many people who
he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host:...
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i had to say, here, bill clinton, that was a reasonable democrat. it was not quite harmonious time that they like to recall. we had higher tax rates then, we had a booming economy. as our population ages we have to make choices about how we are going to connect to supporting them. there was a research the came out recently that asked people what you want to do about social security. he were willing to pay higher taxes in order to keep the promises that we have made, and even expand benefits. they want to expand social security. we have to adjust for the fact that we do have an aging population. it is when the cost more. we have to have a higher revenue base to support that or else we are going to have to make some cuts that i do not think the population wants to make. commentother referring to rick perry and rick santorum -- in-line guest: they are going through an autopsy. i do not want to throw out names. that did come from bobby j. del. i think there needs to be more open mindedness. i do not think these are stupid individuals. i think they need
i had to say, here, bill clinton, that was a reasonable democrat. it was not quite harmonious time that they like to recall. we had higher tax rates then, we had a booming economy. as our population ages we have to make choices about how we are going to connect to supporting them. there was a research the came out recently that asked people what you want to do about social security. he were willing to pay higher taxes in order to keep the promises that we have made, and even expand benefits....
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host: passing the torch, that is the piece written by bill clinton. he assesses the civil rights accomplishments of the 35th. a viewer tweets in this -- do you think jfk would have gone is out of vietnam if he lived? guest: this is an endless -- question. i am sorry, i hate to do him a but i really don't feel qualified to -- i hate to do this, but i really don't feel qualified to answer the question. there is a piece that i think it is a -- is a very important piece i think in understanding how we got into vietnam. an argument about the bureaucratic imperatives that there,d our experience the unwillingness of people to issueup and oppose this -- a mission and the sidelining of experts at the time. it is possible that john kennedy -- you see it in the cuban missile crisis, as he gets stronger in the course of the presidency, more deeply skeptical abouthe ability of military force to advance diplomatic objectives. it seems conceivable he may have recognized the danger of deepening our involvement in vietnam, but it is impossible for me to say he would h
host: passing the torch, that is the piece written by bill clinton. he assesses the civil rights accomplishments of the 35th. a viewer tweets in this -- do you think jfk would have gone is out of vietnam if he lived? guest: this is an endless -- question. i am sorry, i hate to do him a but i really don't feel qualified to -- i hate to do this, but i really don't feel qualified to answer the question. there is a piece that i think it is a -- is a very important piece i think in understanding how...
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is he going to go out as a ronald reagan, a bill clinton, or as george bush? as you know, people can come little writ elected at the end of their term, and that can be used against them for elections. number one. -- other thing is where it will it have an impact on the democrats? one year from now, it is silly, it is almost in political terms like a century away. again, without a doubt, some of my colleagues or little concern about that issue. i as an individual, he as an individual, one of the things you want to be judged is being honest. asyou are not looked at honest, that affects everything you do after that. then they question everything you're doing. if you lie -- i should not they like, but if you did not tell the truth or you do not put it out the way it's this -- it should be, that it will affect you. that is what the president should look at. host: it all goes back to the president saying if you like your health plan, you get to keep it, period. tomorrow ontes republican legislation that will allow people to keep their insurance plans. will democrats
is he going to go out as a ronald reagan, a bill clinton, or as george bush? as you know, people can come little writ elected at the end of their term, and that can be used against them for elections. number one. -- other thing is where it will it have an impact on the democrats? one year from now, it is silly, it is almost in political terms like a century away. again, without a doubt, some of my colleagues or little concern about that issue. i as an individual, he as an individual, one of the...
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the firstrt of shutdown during new the rich and bill clinton. gingrich and bill clinton. there was a call several weeks ago, that was who would be affected by this government shutdown? invariably as you are reading right now, most federal employees will be affected by this. i can give you some background when it comes to the impact of federal employeesurg a government shutdown. in 1990 today balanced the budget on the backs of federal employees. the actually took away social security earnings for those federal employees that were in, what was then, the civil service retirement system. what the media did not cover is that those federal employees, with bill clinton and newt they lostn 1992, three quarters of their social security earnings because they were in the service -- in the civil service retirement system. host: do you think the media is covering enough about the impact ? caller: they are not. federal employees are hard- working people, democrats, republicans, taxpayers. there's this perception that they're going to sit back come and drink coffee, and have their feet
the firstrt of shutdown during new the rich and bill clinton. gingrich and bill clinton. there was a call several weeks ago, that was who would be affected by this government shutdown? invariably as you are reading right now, most federal employees will be affected by this. i can give you some background when it comes to the impact of federal employeesurg a government shutdown. in 1990 today balanced the budget on the backs of federal employees. the actually took away social security earnings...
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bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. sat down obama and i in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested i walk away from the to remind himhave that i was in the oval office along with eric cantor when we in fact had an agreement the two days later that the president walked away from. alice, pennsylvania, democratic line. caller: i agree with the guy from ohio, john boehner is holding this country for ransom. trying to sideline him and everything that he does, maybe he is jealous that he is not there? needs toink than he grow up. he has been in that office longer than obama. job,eds to grow up, do his try to do what we can for the country to make it better. i think that obama has great ideas. they do not want him to succeed. they do not want him to go down as a great president. mainly because he is black and that is all. thank you. there is a poll on our facebook page that you might want to take advantage of. the question is, how much has the government shutdown affected you? if you want to ma
bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. sat down obama and i in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested i walk away from the to remind himhave that i was in the oval office along with eric cantor when we in fact had an agreement the two days later that the president walked away from. alice, pennsylvania, democratic line. caller: i agree with the guy from ohio, john boehner is holding this country for ransom. trying to sideline him and everything...
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the republicans negotiated with bill clinton. bill clinton got most of what you want, but republicans got some concessions and we moved on. what was different about this one is the president said i am not negotiating in the sandbox child,ed like a spoiled and he always thought he had the political upper hand, which he did in the end given the republicans caved in, but i am not so sure that the president is a big winner here. i think a lot of people see discussed with republicans, and also with the way the president behaved, and not coming up with some sort of negotiated settlement that would have made another $1s we write trillion of higher debt allowances that we will do something to get the budget under control. his is one of the first times we raise the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. factored much is that with the rollout of the health- care system? guest: i am not sure of the question. host: how much of his success will be judged on the health- care law? stakedhe has certainly his presidency on it, but i was always
the republicans negotiated with bill clinton. bill clinton got most of what you want, but republicans got some concessions and we moved on. what was different about this one is the president said i am not negotiating in the sandbox child,ed like a spoiled and he always thought he had the political upper hand, which he did in the end given the republicans caved in, but i am not so sure that the president is a big winner here. i think a lot of people see discussed with republicans, and also with...
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he will be honored by former president bill clinton. the israeli consul general is also upset to speak along with new york mayor michael bloomberg. c-span is covering this service. you can hear it later in our programming schedule. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> if you have a hot shot that just got his ph.d. in computer science from stanford, she is getting offers from all over the world you can stay in limbo six years. it is competitive. >> congress can do a lot. you don't have to be efficient on your iphone or blackberry to understand the applications and technology policy and what makes it work or not. >> it is very difficult to make investment decisions and expect any kind of return on investment when you have no way to predict the future. our difficulty right now is there's no consistency or certainty in our policy decisions. >> the government's role in technology and policy from this year's consumer electronics show. tonight on the communicator's at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. washington journal continues.
he will be honored by former president bill clinton. the israeli consul general is also upset to speak along with new york mayor michael bloomberg. c-span is covering this service. you can hear it later in our programming schedule. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> if you have a hot shot that just got his ph.d. in computer science from stanford, she is getting offers from all over the world you can stay in limbo six years. it is competitive. >> congress can...
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atently i have been looking economic policies of president bill clinton and his budget. i was looking for copies of his he talks about investing in education and healthcare. neither of the things he proposed during the 1990s -- if we follow what obama is saying and do what bill clinton wanted in the 1990s we could resurface the market economy. host: a couple of comments from facebook this morning -- this is how you join this conversation. a twitter conversation is taking place about the economy, as well -- brian is joining us on the phone. independent line, hello. the aspect of the economy that does not get talked about a lot is the lack of demand. money is very cheap, companies should be going gangbusters, but the demand is not there. notreason the demand is theirs because the american working class and middle class have been feet down -- been beaten down on their ouija on their wage levels. ever since globalization and -- and free-trade come ever since congress has taken over the american working class has been beaten down. it just keeps declining. we never tied togeth
atently i have been looking economic policies of president bill clinton and his budget. i was looking for copies of his he talks about investing in education and healthcare. neither of the things he proposed during the 1990s -- if we follow what obama is saying and do what bill clinton wanted in the 1990s we could resurface the market economy. host: a couple of comments from facebook this morning -- this is how you join this conversation. a twitter conversation is taking place about the...
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i left during the tenure of bill clinton. bill clinton was elected in 1992. i was elected in 1994. i served from that 94 to -- 1994 to 2000. this president is less to reach across the aisle than president clinton. during the term of clinton and when i was in congress, we balanced the budget the first time in 40 years. we balance it three years in a row. when i left, we had a surplus. we also passed my mental welfare reform. reducing the welfare ranks in this country by over 50%. that was done with a democrat president. we also passed the defense of marriage act. host: a lot of differences. president clinton seemed more willing to work for the benefit of the market people in a far less partisan way. host: that was a lot different time. newt gingrich would speak and many of those years. a shutdown happened during that time. is republican leadership different today? guest: i think the were broken leadership -- the republican leadership is very similar to what it was when i was in congress before. one of the reasons we were able to get to a balanced budget was of the government shutdow
i left during the tenure of bill clinton. bill clinton was elected in 1992. i was elected in 1994. i served from that 94 to -- 1994 to 2000. this president is less to reach across the aisle than president clinton. during the term of clinton and when i was in congress, we balanced the budget the first time in 40 years. we balance it three years in a row. when i left, we had a surplus. we also passed my mental welfare reform. reducing the welfare ranks in this country by over 50%. that was done...
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of bill clinton's gay marriage ban. why did you financing of again? we had several store -- why did you find that significant? .uest: we had several stories but bill clinton's a statement about it, as i said earlier, andrew sullivan had a post up on his site, the annals of post -- the annals of chutzpah. the man who campaigned on this throughout the south, who doubled the discharge of gay service members from the military, who signed the hiv travel ban into law, who would promise one thing to the gay community in this country and then go the opposite direction when it was politically convenient -- for him to come out and praised the striking down of this unconstitutional law which he insisted was constitutional at the time shows, i would say, a level of audiological dexterity which is noteworthy. host: tony, independent line. -- thank you. my education and my career -- schools in my neighborhood and community, healthcare and services for those who oppose my rights, it is unfair for someone like me who has given a lot in
of bill clinton's gay marriage ban. why did you financing of again? we had several store -- why did you find that significant? .uest: we had several stories but bill clinton's a statement about it, as i said earlier, andrew sullivan had a post up on his site, the annals of post -- the annals of chutzpah. the man who campaigned on this throughout the south, who doubled the discharge of gay service members from the military, who signed the hiv travel ban into law, who would promise one thing to...
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approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they were there during bill clinton's time. they are not there now. 75% of our national security apparatus should -- apparatus not there. they were there during the bill clinton shutdown. the question is -- it is a political game. why are we doing this? all we are doing is harming ourselves. put the necessary people out there for the country and then solve the problem. but don't make the problem worse. host: what strategy -- guest: both sides' ability to save face it no one will cry uncle. you have to have leadership that says, i am willing to lead -- i will eat a little crow, now you will
approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they...
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been on record whether bill clinton is president, george w. bush, president obama, the wrong question to ask is who do you blame as we the fiscal cliff or shut down the government, something that is truly washington and not just one party or the other like affordable care act for example. american people are usually looking for solutions and what is the best way to make sure doesn't happen again. but brian is right, that although the republicans are the shutdown r than the tkpls it is on -- on president s obama and the democrats. i can't look at the poll numbers claim a huge victory that will bring a majority in 2014 ecause they share some of the blame. i think the republicans have a tremendous opportunity if they for the g to be blamed shutdown they should have taken credit for reopening the government. we own the say shutdown so we own reopen being he government and they didn't do this. yet looking toward 2014 it is ough for me to see how the shutdown of the government translates into some big sweep for the democrats in the house. end by say
been on record whether bill clinton is president, george w. bush, president obama, the wrong question to ask is who do you blame as we the fiscal cliff or shut down the government, something that is truly washington and not just one party or the other like affordable care act for example. american people are usually looking for solutions and what is the best way to make sure doesn't happen again. but brian is right, that although the republicans are the shutdown r than the tkpls it is on -- on...
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under four%, bill clinton and newt gingrich laid out that pattern. i wish president obama would engage the house republicans the way bill clinton did. host: david winston, a republican strategist, you can hear his election analysis on cbs news. coming up next, we will look at the executive order the president signed last week with larry clinton of the internet security alliance. then our next guest will be an expert on nuclear weapons, who will talk about which nations have nuclear capabilities. all of that after this break. ♪ >> we have a habit in this country of glossing over presidents. we decided some people are bald eagles, and that they all have to be treated as if they are symbols of the country. what that means is that you have -- you have a smoothing over of the rough edges. there is a feeling among modern presidents that they have a right to a certain generation. that a generation will be located in their presidential library. even as they are gone, their children, in some cases, and their former allies, their lieutenants, who live longer
under four%, bill clinton and newt gingrich laid out that pattern. i wish president obama would engage the house republicans the way bill clinton did. host: david winston, a republican strategist, you can hear his election analysis on cbs news. coming up next, we will look at the executive order the president signed last week with larry clinton of the internet security alliance. then our next guest will be an expert on nuclear weapons, who will talk about which nations have nuclear...
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iran's foreignh minister, and former president bill clinton. fox news sunday at 2:00, with lee, andarthy, mike tim kane. "state of the union" re-airs at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. candy crowley talks with john barrasso of wyoming. rodgers of the state of washington. "face the nation," senators rand paul, dick durbin of illinois. republican congresswoman marcy blackburn of tennessee and chris van hollen of maryland. the sunday network tv talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. the rebroadcast of the shows begin at noon eastern with and bc's "meet the press." at 2:00, "fox news sunday." three clock, "state of the union." listen to them all on c-span country on xmthe satellite radio channel 119. download our free app for your smart phone or listen online, cspanradio.org. this was a perfect backdrop for the campaign. not only did it show the human s.de of the harding' they lived in a very normal house. florence was very much a part of this message. she was a very visible part of this campaign. she was always near
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bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the bipartisan policy center is. guest: >> we are in washington, d.c. and we are bipartisan and not nonpartisan. we have democrats and republicans, former senators, former congressman, but mostly a lot of very senior staff who used to work for the white house and the senate and house. it was started by four former majority leaders of the u.s. senate, tom-0, howard baker, bob dole, and george mitchell. it is devoted to doing very intensive work and analytical work, then making recommendations on problems that are relevant right now legislatively. so we don't think about 45 years and now the relationship between taiwan and north korea. we don't do that. we have a problem coming up within the next year-and-a-half and here are the kind of political consequences and the debate we think will occur, this is how we c
bill clinton did. it is a problem. remember, congress has to vote for every spending bill. it also has to vote to increase the debt ceiling. the president does not empower through the constitution to do those things unilaterally. host: explain wha the by policy -- what the bipartisan policy center is. guest: >> we are in washington, d.c. and we are bipartisan and not nonpartisan. we have democrats and republicans, former senators, former congressman, but mostly a lot of very senior staff...
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bill clinton was impeached. there is another side of this that is not racial at all. it is just the polarization we have is a country and some people, his opponents, will not give the president a break or a benefit of the doubt. that has existed for a long time. schedulet about the that presidents keep, and does that lead to isolation? as you said, president obama is all business. if they are just getting through the day and trying to do it as efficiently as possible -- guest: if you look at the president's schedule, it is backbreaking. we do not think presidents should get colds or get the flu or get a headache. it happens to everybody. or slow down, every president gets a cold, people think the president is showing some kind of weakness or his health is bad. if a president cancels an event for one reason or another, he is being lackadaisical or he is sick. it never ends. the president and his schedule is nonstop, back-to-back meetings and talks in public events and travel. really a backbreaking schedule. i think president obama has a very, very busy schedule. he is
bill clinton was impeached. there is another side of this that is not racial at all. it is just the polarization we have is a country and some people, his opponents, will not give the president a break or a benefit of the doubt. that has existed for a long time. schedulet about the that presidents keep, and does that lead to isolation? as you said, president obama is all business. if they are just getting through the day and trying to do it as efficiently as possible -- guest: if you look at...
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clinton, president harry truman -- will include bill clinton. that story from the hill newspaper. delivered the republican response to the president's weekly address. here's a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] for apology obama's was as phony and fraudulent as obamacare. he seemed to say he was sorry that americans believed him but took no responsibility for their plight. it is like telling someone you are sorry their dog died but refusing to acknowledge you ran over the dog. sorry, mr. president, it did not work. millions of americans are coming to realize that those -- that those are your tire tracks on the canceled policies. you did inadvertently speak when you promised americans they could keep their doctors and health plans have lower costs. those insurances were not slight exaggerations or shadings of the truth, they were statements that were fully vetted, cold and calculated, and carefully crafted to deceptively sell your health care plan to a trusting public. using fraud, echoed relentlessly by house and senate democrats, who s
clinton, president harry truman -- will include bill clinton. that story from the hill newspaper. delivered the republican response to the president's weekly address. here's a portion of what he had to say. [video clip] for apology obama's was as phony and fraudulent as obamacare. he seemed to say he was sorry that americans believed him but took no responsibility for their plight. it is like telling someone you are sorry their dog died but refusing to acknowledge you ran over the dog. sorry,...
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the president will be preceded by jimmy carter and bill clinton. how likely is this to run on time today? [applause] -- [laughter] not with the carter presidency but with the clinton presidency, having its own unique approach to time. the white house has put out a release updating the approximate time of the president's schedule. 2:45.s are now slated for they have moved up 20 minutes, whether that is to encourage time is on the part of residents clinton and carter, i do not know. everything that is so far suggested is it will be on time and the president has other issues to tackle and confront. it will be pretty close to mark. , we: major garrett appreciate your time and perspective. thank you for being with us. back to your calls and comments. 50 years later, how has america change? rapid city, south dakota. good morning. caller: good morning. i was 7 years old. i had a unique perspective as a child. i spent the last 50 years growing up in america and seeing how it has changed. i was raised by her grandmother, who was a foster parent. she had ove
the president will be preceded by jimmy carter and bill clinton. how likely is this to run on time today? [applause] -- [laughter] not with the carter presidency but with the clinton presidency, having its own unique approach to time. the white house has put out a release updating the approximate time of the president's schedule. 2:45.s are now slated for they have moved up 20 minutes, whether that is to encourage time is on the part of residents clinton and carter, i do not know. everything...
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hillary clinton, like bill clinton, very interested in massive projection of american force throughout the world using weapons, using -- dispatching troops and what-not. i think this will be a serious issue for hillary clinton if she runs in 2016. at least some of the leading republican candidates for the presidential nomination first and foremost among them rand paul has staked out a very different position towards foreign policy which is sometimes mischaracterized as being isolationist. in fact, in a speech that he gave at the heritage foundation, of all places, he laid out a strategy for engagement with trouble spots in the world that included cultural engagement, economic engagement, at times military engagement but was much more about figuring out a different way than just kind of going into countries and bombing them into the 21st century, which has not worked at all. host: in terms of what we can expect this week and next week, let me share with you this statement by the senate democratic leader, harry reid. he sent this out late yesterday. "i believe the uses of military force
hillary clinton, like bill clinton, very interested in massive projection of american force throughout the world using weapons, using -- dispatching troops and what-not. i think this will be a serious issue for hillary clinton if she runs in 2016. at least some of the leading republican candidates for the presidential nomination first and foremost among them rand paul has staked out a very different position towards foreign policy which is sometimes mischaracterized as being isolationist. in...
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she served under bill clinton. and the president is considering nominating an mit scientist to head the energy department. and an epa veteran to run the environmental protection agency. that announcement at 10:15 a.m. eastern on c-span radio or you can watch it live on c-span. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. remember the ladies or you are going to be in trouble. i'm paraphrasing. she warned her husband you cannot rule without including what women want and what women have to contribute. this is the 1700's when she said that. >> abigail adams, tonight on c- span. first ladies: influence and image. she was outspoken about her views on slavery. as one of the most prolific riders of any first lady, she provides a unique window into colonial america and her life with john adams. joining the conversation live tonight at 9:00 eastern on c- span, c-span radio, and c- span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us on the phone this
she served under bill clinton. and the president is considering nominating an mit scientist to head the energy department. and an epa veteran to run the environmental protection agency. that announcement at 10:15 a.m. eastern on c-span radio or you can watch it live on c-span. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. [video clip] >> i was fascinated by her feminist view. remember the ladies or you are going to be in trouble. i'm paraphrasing. she warned her husband you...
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she is just a mirror of president obama and bill clinton. host: a comment on facebook -- about 100 people making comments as far as the performance of the secretary of state. facebook.com/c-span. that is how you do it. to give you a sense of history, here is the secretary of state, from her 2009 swearing in. >> when i came into this building for the first time, a week or so ago, i told the assembled state department employees and repeated it again at usaid that we are all on the same team, and it is america's team. we have in the leadership of president obama somebody who wants us to reach out to the world, to do so without illusions, understanding that the difficulties we face cannot be wished away, but meeting them forthrightly and smartly cajon, and that we want to seize the opportunities that exist as well. i talked in my confirmation hearings about smart power. smart power relies on smart people. we have an abundance of them in this building and at usaid, but i have also told my teammates in the state family that we will have to be smar
she is just a mirror of president obama and bill clinton. host: a comment on facebook -- about 100 people making comments as far as the performance of the secretary of state. facebook.com/c-span. that is how you do it. to give you a sense of history, here is the secretary of state, from her 2009 swearing in. >> when i came into this building for the first time, a week or so ago, i told the assembled state department employees and repeated it again at usaid that we are all on the same...
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newt gingrich and bill clinton either met in person or spoke everyday on the telephone. when you have a president who says i will not negotiate, that gives john boehner few options. he can either capitulate and say on are right and let's move or he can attempt to make changes. he did everything in his power to make changes with the cards he was dealt. host: from twitter -- guest: not at all. that's what kills me about this thing. when i talk about reaching common ground, there are segments on both the right and the left that call that surrender. going to cave in and give in to the other point of view. that's not what it's about. in a constitutional republic which we enjoy, when one party controls the house of representatives and the other party is in the majority in the senate and the white house happens to be controlled by a democrat at the moment, you have to find ways to work exam. surrender would be one way and i or't advocate surrender acceding to anything the president and harry reid want to do but, likewise, a bargain and negotiation is you get something, you give
newt gingrich and bill clinton either met in person or spoke everyday on the telephone. when you have a president who says i will not negotiate, that gives john boehner few options. he can either capitulate and say on are right and let's move or he can attempt to make changes. he did everything in his power to make changes with the cards he was dealt. host: from twitter -- guest: not at all. that's what kills me about this thing. when i talk about reaching common ground, there are segments on...
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took toward they bill clinton. a charm. in 1994 like he is running for reelection. he wanted a second term for the house republicans and show that they were making things happen. this time he took a big river boat gamble. it did not work. are not goodhips between the president and republican leaders. this is one of the reasons that he is staying out of this process. poisonouspretty atmosphere in the country. on a lot of the debate and dialogue. it is one of the things we have seen in washington that the starting to staff the size -- metastasize. point.ke one other if you look at some of the things said about bill clinton when he was president, they are not radically different than those who say vicious things about barack obama. let's face it. race is never far from the surface and this country as he seen out in the aftermath of the trayvon martin/george zimmerman example. the first african- american president. you cannot ignore that reality. i do not think the difference was based on race. you have the clinton being an accessory to murder. that is a factor. about t
took toward they bill clinton. a charm. in 1994 like he is running for reelection. he wanted a second term for the house republicans and show that they were making things happen. this time he took a big river boat gamble. it did not work. are not goodhips between the president and republican leaders. this is one of the reasons that he is staying out of this process. poisonouspretty atmosphere in the country. on a lot of the debate and dialogue. it is one of the things we have seen in washington...
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they did something similar to bill clinton. as soon as they got control of will doe, they said we everything to try to discredit this president. he got reelected, try to impeach him. they have tont is try to show that democrats do not have any right to government in their country. their birthright to control the government. that is the problem in a nutshell. our cameras were around washington yesterday and then again this morning to show you the impact of the government shutdown as well is what is happening around the city. go other evidence is if you to nasa tv website, this is what you would find. do to the lapse in government funding, this site is not available. that is on nasa tv. other news real quickly, want to let you know president obama's nominee for energy regulatory has withdrawn the nomination. the former energy regulator strongly backs and was opposed by at least half of the 22 member senate energy committee, including all 10 republicans and at least one democrat. he has withdrawn the nomination. the united nations
they did something similar to bill clinton. as soon as they got control of will doe, they said we everything to try to discredit this president. he got reelected, try to impeach him. they have tont is try to show that democrats do not have any right to government in their country. their birthright to control the government. that is the problem in a nutshell. our cameras were around washington yesterday and then again this morning to show you the impact of the government shutdown as well is what...
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bill clinton deregulated the glass-steagall act, which eventually led up all -- led up to all this in responsibility in our financial markets. what about fannie mae and freddie mac? appointees by bill clinton got $130 million worth of bonuses for buying these toxic mortgages and bundling them and selling them. all thisbility for mess is deep and wide. these government regulators were in on these ponzi schemes, with bernie made off -- madoff doing nothing. laura is up next on our line for independents. i read a bookear called, "all the devils are here ." as i recall, goldman sachs was involved in a lot of this funneling or whatever you want to call these processes. why are they not being signed in? when iit so offensive see these -- i'm going to call being paid -- enormous salaries. $70 million, $80 million a year ceo pay. i'm sure the people under them also make substantial moneys. the poor people that were -- i can't even find the words. host: if you can address laura's question about the role of goldman sachs? the securities and exchange commission did bring a case against goldman a
bill clinton deregulated the glass-steagall act, which eventually led up all -- led up to all this in responsibility in our financial markets. what about fannie mae and freddie mac? appointees by bill clinton got $130 million worth of bonuses for buying these toxic mortgages and bundling them and selling them. all thisbility for mess is deep and wide. these government regulators were in on these ponzi schemes, with bernie made off -- madoff doing nothing. laura is up next on our line for...
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the clinton bill you are referring to was welfare reform. it created temporary assistance for needy families. that program still exists in the same structure as was enacted in 1996. it does have time limits on it and work requirements. interestingly, the amount of federal funding attached to that program was frozen at that time. in the $17 billion or $18 billion range, and it has not changed over the years. as to the drug testing aspect, we have seen several states talk about that and do that. so there is a bit of a buzz around the idea of having people who are applying for public benefits to be subjected to these kinds of drug tests. host: reading, pennsylvania, democratic caller. caller: thank you for taking my call. i really do appreciate c-span. two quick questions. one, where i work him a we have not had a for four years. -- we have not had a pay increase for four years. we were told that a few dared -- a few years down the road when obamacare gets rolling, because of our insurance, the type of , we're goinghave to to have something cal
the clinton bill you are referring to was welfare reform. it created temporary assistance for needy families. that program still exists in the same structure as was enacted in 1996. it does have time limits on it and work requirements. interestingly, the amount of federal funding attached to that program was frozen at that time. in the $17 billion or $18 billion range, and it has not changed over the years. as to the drug testing aspect, we have seen several states talk about that and do that....
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is a former treasury secretary under bill clinton. host: what makes him so appealing as a potential replacement? guest: the white house likes him for various reasons. he was a top adviser to president obama in 2009, 2010, particularly when the financial crisis was still reverberating in the deep recession, he was a strong advocate for the auto bailout and a lot of white house officials felt comfortable with his experience that he had managing these kinds of crises. earlier he had been a point person for these crises in the 1990's. that is one reason he will be seen as a strong potential -- potential choice. ?ost: what about donald cohen guest: the president through his name out recently, he was viewed as a dark horse, likely viewed as a way to break up this two person fight between summers and yelen. >> would you put roger ferguson in that camp? guest: i think so. he was no. 2 under greenspan and is now working at cia craft -- tiaa cref. host: going on to the conclave in jackson hole, not only as the federal reserve there, but members
is a former treasury secretary under bill clinton. host: what makes him so appealing as a potential replacement? guest: the white house likes him for various reasons. he was a top adviser to president obama in 2009, 2010, particularly when the financial crisis was still reverberating in the deep recession, he was a strong advocate for the auto bailout and a lot of white house officials felt comfortable with his experience that he had managing these kinds of crises. earlier he had been a point...
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[video clip] >> in a recent closed-door speech, bill clinton spoke about american dollars. "these people have been listening to this stuff so long, they believe that." "it is not surprising that their bitter and cling to guns and religion." we grant them power. we protect them. they do not make us free. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. ourre america and politicians are only as powerful as we the people will allow. the latest from the nra, again focusing on guns, background checks. a look at guns and video games in our country. of course, front and center, following what happened in newtown, conn. last december. the hearst newspaper focusing on all of these issues, this writing -- chronicle," exploring one aspect of our culture, the prevalence of violence in our media. read some of the opinions available online. a lot of people weighing in on all of this. brian joins us from sterling heights, michigan. morning. caller: how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: excellent. video games, as long as a , let thes a scapegoat parents raise the kids. bac
[video clip] >> in a recent closed-door speech, bill clinton spoke about american dollars. "these people have been listening to this stuff so long, they believe that." "it is not surprising that their bitter and cling to guns and religion." we grant them power. we protect them. they do not make us free. as long as we have the second amendment, we always will be. ourre america and politicians are only as powerful as we the people will allow. the latest from the nra,...
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talk about governor brown's health, also bill clinton hadn't grown up as lyndon johnson son. he spent his whole life political scheming. governor brown. he's been the most popular figure in the state. people viqu him as -- they trust him to be careful with their money. he really is the only experienced state level figure. senator boxer has been around for a long time. i think it is a probably a rewarding time for him compared to much more polarizing. he made the case for the democrats to cut the budget. now the budget is in balance. which it is. he says, for it to get out of balance, he's going to have to any new spending proposals has to go through him. his main fights now are with democrats over medical funding, over pensions and things like that. host: thomas from virginia democrats line. caller: i spent my whole life out there in california now i live out in virginia. i'm a fan of the author here and i'm a fan of jerry brown. i was amazed the other day he was taking the hard line in fighting the release of all of these inmates which i found amazing considering his past. a
talk about governor brown's health, also bill clinton hadn't grown up as lyndon johnson son. he spent his whole life political scheming. governor brown. he's been the most popular figure in the state. people viqu him as -- they trust him to be careful with their money. he really is the only experienced state level figure. senator boxer has been around for a long time. i think it is a probably a rewarding time for him compared to much more polarizing. he made the case for the democrats to cut...
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your guy was basically -- had a surplus when bill clinton left. after four years, bush had a five jillion dollar deficit -- 5 trillion dollars in deficit. president bush would have left present -- president obama a surplus, it would not have been a situation. host: we will get responses to your question in just a minute. what do you do enough, sitting -- what do you do in oklahoma city? we have two issues on the table. number one, the issue your parents told you, that you are better than the black man. guest: i would not dignified that racist comment with a response. number two, president bush was left to president obama, the deficit. i do not support bush and his policies, because they were antithetical. he approved the biggest expansion of entitlement spending since the great society. he started the era of stimulus building -- spending that has run our nation into massive debt. he did exactly the wrong things. my beef with barack obama is not that he changed the policy but that he did not change it. he doubled down on them. i agree that bill cli
your guy was basically -- had a surplus when bill clinton left. after four years, bush had a five jillion dollar deficit -- 5 trillion dollars in deficit. president bush would have left present -- president obama a surplus, it would not have been a situation. host: we will get responses to your question in just a minute. what do you do enough, sitting -- what do you do in oklahoma city? we have two issues on the table. number one, the issue your parents told you, that you are better than the...
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last september the carlyle founder and lead the question and answer session with bill clinton. within a week of stepping down, alan greenspan was paid $250,000 to speak at a dinner for hedge fund clients of the now-defunct lehman brothers. plans for the president today. he will name the omb director to lead an effort designed to make government smarter and more efficient. you could hear the president's remarks on c-span radio at 11:50 eastern or watch on c-span. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. no man needs an honest partner more than the american president, sheltered and cocooned as he is in what harry truman called the great white prison. that is what i concluded after five years and hundreds of interviews. greathose presidents with spouses willing to speak hard to,hs others are unwilling those presidents have a distinct advantage. let me give you an example. been able to cut through her husband's paranoia, watergate might have been avoided. she had given up on him by the time they reached the white house. they were living separate lives in the portraya
last september the carlyle founder and lead the question and answer session with bill clinton. within a week of stepping down, alan greenspan was paid $250,000 to speak at a dinner for hedge fund clients of the now-defunct lehman brothers. plans for the president today. he will name the omb director to lead an effort designed to make government smarter and more efficient. you could hear the president's remarks on c-span radio at 11:50 eastern or watch on c-span. those are some of the latest...
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bush, bill clinton, ronald reagan, jimmy carter and franklin roosevelt. all except jimmy carter served in two terms. case three t's terms. does it mean anything that they were elected to more than one term? caller: george w. bush won by a hair. i stand by my point. i do think you have to be governor to be president area and abraham lincoln was one of our best ever paged white eisenhower was fantastic terry and he negotiated the world after world war ii. the cold war was starting. i think a person really has to be well schooled in the international realm. that is all i have to say. i'm still waking up, i'm sorry. brian still waking up from illinois. -- chicago tribune headline let's hear from paul who is in columbia, south carolina. caller: good morning. i'll follow-up up with what the other guy said. dwight eisenhower is the best president in my lifetime. the worst is jimmy carter and george w. bush. and president obama. host: all right, paul, thanks for that. biden to try damage control in visit with chinese leader. the vice president heading to asia. we
bush, bill clinton, ronald reagan, jimmy carter and franklin roosevelt. all except jimmy carter served in two terms. case three t's terms. does it mean anything that they were elected to more than one term? caller: george w. bush won by a hair. i stand by my point. i do think you have to be governor to be president area and abraham lincoln was one of our best ever paged white eisenhower was fantastic terry and he negotiated the world after world war ii. the cold war was starting. i think a...
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as we move forward with budget talks, i want people to keep in mind that when bill clinton left office, our national debt was around $5.3 trillion. had $220 billion surplus. at this state, taxes were higher. the point is we do have a way to have a low debt. it is called paying our bills. it requires congress to pay taxes, penalties and all kinds of ways to pay our debt. i have been an industrial engineer for 20 years. not one corporation can be successful planning the business that way. each week means your business will almost operate 254,000 hours. if you can bet they'll customer demand, that is what your business will do. host: the president took to the microphone. here is his thoughts on the senate vote am looking forward to the end of the government shutdown. before andsaid it will say it again. i am eager to work with anybody. that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen the middle class and get the fiscal house in order for the long-term. i have never believed they have a number not -- that they have a monopoly on good ideas. i am convinced democrats and republicans c
as we move forward with budget talks, i want people to keep in mind that when bill clinton left office, our national debt was around $5.3 trillion. had $220 billion surplus. at this state, taxes were higher. the point is we do have a way to have a low debt. it is called paying our bills. it requires congress to pay taxes, penalties and all kinds of ways to pay our debt. i have been an industrial engineer for 20 years. not one corporation can be successful planning the business that way. each...
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caller: the government shutdown -- if you go back to the newt gingrich and bill clinton years, bill clinton did everything that a right-wing president would do. don't ask don't tell. he was extorted. president obama has to spend his time trying to get it overturned and work with them. basically what you have is a bunch of people who are angry. you get mad when you lose a ballgame or marbles or something you take your marbles and your ball and you go home. it is also racially motivated. a lot of these people were brought up in a time when racism is rampant. .hese people are still living these tea party people are directly trying to destroy this government from within. after bill at it, clinton and them balance the budget, the very next year when bush and cheney took office, it doesn't matter. they give it all back to tax breaks. youlanced budget -- if grover norquist plan to destroy the government, don't let the government of democrats, act like the democrats -- act like the deficit matters when it really doesn't. caller: i absolutely think it is worth it. we have had so much trouble getting
caller: the government shutdown -- if you go back to the newt gingrich and bill clinton years, bill clinton did everything that a right-wing president would do. don't ask don't tell. he was extorted. president obama has to spend his time trying to get it overturned and work with them. basically what you have is a bunch of people who are angry. you get mad when you lose a ballgame or marbles or something you take your marbles and your ball and you go home. it is also racially motivated. a lot of...
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the "rules for " long before salsa linsky became a role model for bill clinton and president obama. i have had to swim through legal swamps that i do not think many journalists have found themselves swimming through. one rule is always make sure you extract the tape because if you are arrested and they take the tape, they will accuse you of doing anything and people will believe it. this is a simple rule. another rule is always use props, like the costumes in the acorn video. notice respect to you at c-span, but never spend any more than 24 hours in the washington, d.c. beltway. this is something i have learned the hard way. host: and you are here in washington, d.c., today, because your probation was listed in may. this is what you wrote on may 29 -- open -- "i have endured 1210 days of unjust government surveillance, and depression, but i am now a free man." can you explain? guest: the federal government charge me with a crime i did not commit in louisiana. i was walking into a federal building. i intended to ask staffers whether they were ignoring constituent phone calls, and all
the "rules for " long before salsa linsky became a role model for bill clinton and president obama. i have had to swim through legal swamps that i do not think many journalists have found themselves swimming through. one rule is always make sure you extract the tape because if you are arrested and they take the tape, they will accuse you of doing anything and people will believe it. this is a simple rule. another rule is always use props, like the costumes in the acorn video. notice...
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i understand that bill clinton signed it but he signed it as a big partisanship -- as a bipartisanship, the same way that obama signed the extension of the tax breaks to the rich just to get something through. this has been pushed by republicans a long time. let me finish -- very important. this was started. when you notice when george bush's father got in he used to say all the time this is the new world order, free trade will be all of this. three -- free trade will be all of this. at is what they preach. as soon as he got in, he started it. reagan really started it when he gave china the most-favored- nation status. but these people, the republicans are trying to make his country a one world order country where america is going to be the leader of the world as far as financially. host: we got that point. but what about the mismanagement of detroit's the officials? caller: the mismanagement -- and there is mismanagement in every link government. they just did not have free trade -- free trade was not the fault of detroit. it was not the fault of detroit that congress and the republic
i understand that bill clinton signed it but he signed it as a big partisanship -- as a bipartisanship, the same way that obama signed the extension of the tax breaks to the rich just to get something through. this has been pushed by republicans a long time. let me finish -- very important. this was started. when you notice when george bush's father got in he used to say all the time this is the new world order, free trade will be all of this. three -- free trade will be all of this. at is what...
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guest: i am a private --sultant host: with the former chief of staff of bill clinton. guest: we help people do business abroad, market strategies, problem solving and so forth. and then i am a professor at yale university. icj couple of courses on diplomacy, national security. -- i teach a couple of courses on diplomacy, national security. i will probably be offering a course on intelligence, as well. host: what is reaction of students to you teaching a course? guest: the students i get tend to be interested in government service. the number ofd by students i encounter who want to enter into public service. last class was my for this semester, and i asked studentsr of 20 or so for a show of hands how many expected to be working in washington next year, and i would say perhaps half of the class raised their hands hurt i was for he urged by that. are people who are going to go into the foreign service or the pentagon or they're going to work with a think tank or other ngo concerned with international relations. host: before we go to calls, ambassador, your time in iraq,
guest: i am a private --sultant host: with the former chief of staff of bill clinton. guest: we help people do business abroad, market strategies, problem solving and so forth. and then i am a professor at yale university. icj couple of courses on diplomacy, national security. -- i teach a couple of courses on diplomacy, national security. i will probably be offering a course on intelligence, as well. host: what is reaction of students to you teaching a course? guest: the students i get tend to...